Microsoft 365 insights from the field

A blog by Peter Schmidt about Security, Identity, Email Protection, Compliance, AI & Copilot, and Tenant-to-Tenant migrations

How to Export Messages from a Mail Queue on Exchange

This post will describe how to export all messages from a mail queue on Exchange 2010, so the mails can be resubmitted on another server. It is based on field notes, from a recent case, where we had to move a certain queue to another server. It is possible to export one or all messages from one specific or all queues on an Exchange Server. This post describes how to do it for Exchange 2010, …

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Cumulative update package for Lync 2013: April 2014

Microsoft has released the latest Cumulative Update for Lync 2013 (the client version). This update provides the latest fixes for Lync 2013. This update version is 15.0.4605.1003. Details about this update: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2880474/en-us – Note: Download link in the KB articles above, redirects to March update. Direct links to the April Update, can be found here: Update for Microsoft Lync 2013 (KB2880474) 32-Bit Edition Update for Microsoft Lync 2013 (KB2880474) 64-Bit Edition Always find a complete …

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Script to validate your Office 365 DNS records

Get-Office365DNSRecords.ps1 is a simple script for Office 365, that makes you quickly validate if your have configured your DNS records for use with Office 365 services. It creates two report, one listed directly within the PowerShell prompt and a more detailed report which is saved to a file. Example of the prompted report for e.g. contoso.com: No autodiscover record found for contoso.com MX Records found for contoso.com SIP TLS Records found for contoso.com SIP Federation TLS …

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How to Remote PowerShell into Exchange Online Protection (Office 365)

Microsoft has announced the long-awaited (at least for me) possibility to use PowerShell to do Remote Connection to Exchange Online Protection. I have previously blogged about doing Remote PowerShell session into Office 365 services, such as my post: How to Remote PowerShell into Exchange Online (Office 365). Remote PowerShell is great administrative interface since it enables you to manage your Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) settings directly from PowerShell. Examples of use could be: Setup …

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Setup Wizard for Exchange Update Rollup ended prematurely

The issue is well-known, but I never got around to share it myself and just recently saw it once again at a customer, who experienced the problem. This blog post will cover how to install and the Exchange Rollup Update successfully without getting the “Ended prematurely” error. The Setup Wizard for Update Rollup fails with the error “ended prematurely”. It has been the same issue for Update Rollups for both Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010. …

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